Cornelis Bernardus 'Kees' van Bohemen

Den Haag 1928-1985
Untitled, oil on canvas 206.0 x 115.7 cm, signed l.r.

provenance: acquired directly from the artist by Ralph Prins, a fellow student of the artist at the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, and subsequently passed into the possession of the previous owner through inheritance.

literature: exp.cat. Ede, Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, 'Frieda Hunziker (1908-1966). Een vitale wereld in kleur en vorm', 2024, page 91 (with ill. in colour).

exhibitions: Ede, Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, 'Frieda Hunziker (1908-1966). Een vitale wereld in kleur en vorm', 8 June-31 Aug. 2024.

Kees van Bohemen was born in The Hague in 1928 and attended the city’s Academy of Art. From 1952 to 1957 he lived in Paris, in the now famous warehouse for storing hides on Rue Santeuil, which also provided accommodation for artists like Karel Appel, Corneille and Bram Bogart. Between 1959 and 1960 he participated in events around the international Zero group and the Dutch Informele Group. In the 50s Van Bohemen was influenced by action painting and Tachism, but over the next few years out of his animated abstraction an increasingly obvious figuration evolved. With his colourful, dynamic canvases, Van Bohemen is one of the champions of post-war Abstract Expression in the Netherlands.

insurance value: € 25,000.-
starting bid: € 14,000.-